Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Rebels and the Raj

Question:

Read the passage and answer the questions:

Section I-Regarding Zemindars. It is evident that the British Government in making zemindary settlement have imposed exorbitant Jumas (revenue demand) and have disgraced and ruined several Zemindars by putting up their estates for public auction for arrears of rent, in so much, in the institution of a suit by a common Ryot, a maid servant or a slave, the respectable Zemindars are summoned into court, arrested, put in goal and disgraced. In litigation regarding Zemindaries, the immense value of stamps, and other unnecessary expenses of the civil courts.... are all calculated to impoverish the litigants. Besides this, the coffers of the Zemindars are annually taxed with the subscription for schools, hospitals, roads, etc. Such extortions will have no manner of existence in the Badshahi Government; but on the contrary the Jumas will be light, the dignity and honour of the Zemindars safe, and every Zemindar will have absolute rule in his own Zemindary...

The alternative rule of 'Badshahi Government' proposed by the rebels in this proclamation refers to _______.

Options:

The rule of the king of England.

The royal nature of the company state.

The rule of India's traditional aristocratic class, such as of Bahadur Shah Zafar.

The rule established by the rebels based on the ordinary people of India.

Correct Answer:

The rule of India's traditional aristocratic class, such as of Bahadur Shah Zafar.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → The rule of India's traditional aristocratic class, such as of Bahadur Shah Zafar.

The alternative rule of 'Badshahi Government' proposed by the rebels in this proclamation refers to The rule of India's traditional aristocratic class, such as of Bahadur Shah Zafar.